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A. C. DAVIS.

SANITARY APRON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.5.1918- l ,3 1 1 ,759'. Patented July 29, 1919.

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'n iibatimi fi ed November al -191s. serial n6. 261,307;

To all whomitma'y concern:

7. Be it known that I, ARcI 1BALDC.'DAvI s,fa

"citizen of the-United-States, and'a resident a of;NeWark,:1n the county of Bieking and proved Sanitary Apron,' of which the: following is a full, clear, and I exact: description. e My invention relates to a devie e for use e .more particularly by 'afper'son needing to a have recourseito a public toilet, and is 'de- .Signed' to afford protection against, inlieop 1 tion 'orthe contamination of the person orclbthihg. v e e 15' "Various shields have been ,proposed,;de signed to be laid upone toilet seat, but;

drawbacks attend the use of these, in that they present difficulties i n, usting. them to be fully prote'otive;,. they ca'nno't always be made to conform to --'the seat, considering the varying forms of seats provided in different places; and the placing; of the: shield is attended with inconvenienee on speeding railway trains, for exaniple,.due.toair cur-j Thegeneral ,object of my invention-is to provide'aprotector for-the indicated pur-' pose, in the-formfofzan apron to be Wornat the back of'the user-and adapted tobe' 80 ,eonvenien'tly applied when" required, by

slipping: it beneath the out er shirt betvveen the latter and the under clotl1i'1 1'g,-and then "securing the;v apron in position by suitable v meanstusuch as tapes or strings thereon, to be passed about the-Waist and*t ied; as Well as to'give theapron a divided form by'the provision of a r-"elongated. vertical o'penin'g. therein,' so thatthefvve'arer of] the apron, in"

the act "of's eating himselfon the toilet, and.

40 by spreading a'ndjotherwise disposing theunderclothirig, unfailingly positions theapron to befully protectivepf the erson and clothing against directfcontact w th the Mores'p'ecifie objeetsare to provide an a-p-. pendage" to the apron atfthe lower end of the opening to insure complete frontal p'rotect'ion to the user hen seated." V I The stated objects}. and others aswill apr'nan'ner hereinafter particularly-.'described'. y .i I

R ference is to be had-to theacco np'any- 'ing'adrawings forming partof this speci-fl ficationit being understood that the drawings aremerely illustrative of one practical example-of the invention,

Figure 1 is a rear view ofa sanitaryapron embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse "vertical section on ,*Fig. '3 is' an enlargedsfragmentary rear perspective view'ofthe lowerportion of the I apron at theopening; as e'll as the appendage for affording-frontalprotection; and

5-1 ig'. 4sfis afragmentary longitudinal V81? tical section of the front portion of a toilet seat and 'he l [Wer portion of the apron'in position; on the seat.

Incarrying out my invention in.a'ccord-' .l lance with the'illustrated example, the apron 10 is given suitable general' shape and di= =mensions,rthe upper parthaving the lesser Width and the lowerfportion presenting an area to extend beloiv and at the sidesof the buttocks Whenthe apron is worn by aperson at the back. v v

An el'ongatedQvertical opening 11 isformed in ,theapron fat the center, said] opening terminating-short ofthe-top and bottom. of the apron. Any suitable fasten ing means is providechp'referably consist ing of tie strings l2'yvhich-are adapted tobe passed-about the waist of the'ivearer from the. back, and-'tiedat the front in a bow knotl'jf v I Inorder'to'insure frontal protection to the user of theapron, I provide anauxiliary protector13 on the apron at the outer side atthe lower end of the opening 11 Said protector 13 is' in the formof affiap so formed andapplied as to-extendpartially along the sides'of ope'ning'll and about the lower end thereof, to lie approkimately parallelwith the outer surfaee of the apron, the arrangement being suchthat said flap overlies the lower portion Of-the apron below and adjacent to-the opening in a manher that Whenthe wearer of the apron is .seated'on the. apron the saidfiap will project forwardly at the'underside of the seat,

jcentrally ofthe latter, While thelower por tion' of the apron illilie on top of the seat, e v

From the'foregoing it; Will be readily tndrstoddthat the apron may be slipped beneath the outer shirt and tied about the Waist, Wherebyvvhen' the undergarments are'spread and the iv'earer seated the proper positioning of the apron on the seat is in-- sured Without special adjustment to the seat, and complete protection of the person and clothing is assured.

Any suitable material may be employed in the manufacture of the apron, but advantageously I employ rubber-coated or like moisture-proof material, with the moistureproof surface outermost.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A sanitary protector comprising an apron and be secured at its upper portion, said apron having an area to be sat upon by the wearer and presenting an elongated approximately central opening terminating short of the top and bottom of the apron, to permit the apron to be given a divided form beneath the wearer when the latter assumes a sitting posture, together with an auxiliary protector on said apron at the outer side at the lower end of the opening therein, the i'l'iaterial .of the apron below the opening extending beneath said protector, and said protector being adapted to project forwardly beneath the toilet seat at the center,

while the adjacent portion of the apron lies on top of said seat.

ARCHIBALD O. DAVIS. 

